Sailing Texas City Dike on Fathers Day
By Guest Articles #30 (3ad 64ar)
Here are a couple of my photos of the same event - it was a perfect way to spend a good chunk of Fathers' Day! It was also a good place for families and pets to enjoy. Predictably, with so many people around, the PDR aroused interest, and Eric gave his "spiel" to curious onlookers...
My daughter Sofia (8) came in the Bug on our second (longer) voyage - her
first time sailing on salt water. Being used to the small and very narrow
lake behind our house, she was a bit taken aback by the limitless expanses
of open water around her! So she declined to take the tiller on this
occasion (she normally does spend a bit of time at the helm). None the
less, Texas City Dike would be a much better place than a local lake for a
novice helmsman to learn, due to the steady wind - and no nearby lakeshore
to crash into. The only new potential hazard on Sunday was other sailing
dinghies, going at considerable speed. A Hobie Wave, a Sunfish and a Laser
were out, and several times came close enough for me to have to remember who
gives way to who on the open sea! (Luckily I also managed to avoid
crashing into Eric, which would have been somewhat embarrassing...)
Malcolm